Neighbors woke Andre Epstein and Neda Monshat, of Redwood Valley in Mendocino County, around 1:30 a.m. Monday to tell them that a wildfire was rising over a nearby hill and approaching their home, the San Francisco Gate reported.

“We had no idea,” Epstein told the paper. “It was the first we heard about it.”

They grabbed their dog, Jango, and some essential items — including immigration paperwork for Monshat, who is Australian and applying for American citizenship.

A caravan of neighbors arrived five minutes later, raring to go, according to the report. But when the couple could not find their car keys, they told their neighbors to go ahead, according to the report.

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The couple eventually made it out safely, stayed the night in a hotel and then remained with some family in Ukiah, a city farther south in Mendocino County, according to the report.

They want to return home and see what is left of their ranch, but the fire hadn’t stopped burning as of Thursday afternoon.

“I think everyone from our ranch is still in a bit of a daze because we haven’t been able to go back and really see it,” Epstein told the Gate. “Even though we know it’s gone, it gives you a sense of finality to see it and we haven’t been able to.”